The young know artificial intelligence is 'going to be part of our lives for a really, really long time'
A high school student shares how his early interest in robotics led to a broader understanding of the long-term role artificial intelligence will play in society.
Robots, rather than the software that runs them, are what first appealed to Soham Batra."My interest in technology didn't start with AI," said the 17-year old high school senior. "It started with robotics. When I was a lot younger, around elementary school, I was very involved with Lego robotics. That sparked my interest. I was thrown into a class where we expected to make them move. We're just a bunch of 6-year-olds and I was [thinking]: 'How do I even do that?' Then I started looking into it…
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